Square Foot Gardening

This year we stepped out of the box and tried something new to us...Square Foot Gardening.   The boys helped build the boxes for me on Mother's Day.  We only did two boxes as a trial run this year.

We planted our garden late, so we are just now seeing things grow, but it is exciting. 

One bed alone was devoted to my favorite food...strawberries. 

 

We also have tomato, jalapenos, cucumber, squash, and watermelon planted. 

Michael noticed a rabbit nibbling away one day, so we ended up putting a fence around each box to keep the critters out.

 

What I love about SFG is there is NO weeds!  It is all organic!  I can reach each square easily.  It takes up little space.  It holds water very well due to the 5-6 different ingredients that make up the soil.  It is smaller, but I can grow just as much as I did in my big garden.  After reading the book...it just makes sense.

What's in your garden this year?



How Does My Garden Grow?

Our garden has come a long way from these baby plants.....

We have gathered some cucumbers, 4 jalapeno peppers (for homemade salsa), variety of lettuce, and 1 zucchini. Looking forward to the tomatoes, bell peppers (green, yellow, and red), beans, corn, watermelon, and pumpkins! I love how we have decided not to use any pesticides on our garden. Love fresh garden food and spending time as a family in the garden!

How to Get a Garden of Sweet Success!

Smells so good as I am walking into the house. Anyone know what this bush is called?

Plant a Garden of Sweet Success

Plant 5 rows of peas:

Patience

Perseverance

Preparation

Planning

Positiveness

Include 3 rows of squash:

Squash negativity

Squash dieting

Squash deprivation

Add 6 rows of lettuce:

Let us be positive

Let us take responsibility

Let us be in control

Let us reward our accomplishments

Let us be empowered

Let us pray

No garden is complete without turnips:
Turn up with a positive attitude

Turn up with a smile

Turn up with new ideas

Turn up with real determination

Turn up with success

MAY YOUR GARDEN FLOURISH!!!

No matter what kind of goal you are striving to reach...whether it is weight loss, financial freedom, etc... let us put to practice the above to help with our success!

When it Rains It Pours

I am so thankful for the sunshine today!!

I love it!

I spent part of the morning detailing the inside of my car and catching some needed vitamin D! It has been raining for the past two weeks. There has been only a few days where it didn't rain. Our yard has not been mowed due to all the rain....it's bad...but we are not alone! If it wasn't raining the ground was too saturated. Then the one day we thought we could get it done...a belt on the mower broke!!

Our garden is not all planted due to the rain!! The corn and lettuce are still coming up. I've got my sprouts still begging to be transplanted. It needs to be tilled again. All the rain brought plenty of weeds!

My sprouts waiting patiently...the funny thing about this...my dh was trying to help me out...put the sprouts outside on our railing. They got knocked over. He picked up what he could and placed them back in the tray. Well, let's just say all the labeling I took time to do...out the window. They are all mixed up. I know what some are, but not all of them, because I am trying new things this year!

Two sections of our privacy fence are down due to storms that came through Wednesday night...crushing one of my rose bushes on one side!

The only bloom on the crushed rose bush...plus a few buds.

The other side...see the back yard!! It has not been mowed for 3 weeks now!!!! Keeping it real friends! The good news...the front yard is not quite this bad!

Through all the rain and storms...God lets His goodness and mercy shine through.

Some of my old fashioned rose bushes at my house in full bloom! They loved all the rain!

Some beautiful flowers left by a neighbor friend on Mother's Day...so thoughtful!

Dinner is done...taco salad and Mexican casserole. I cooked two meals at once...because tomorrow will be busy with baseball practice and yard work!! The boys are washing the car by hand. Hubby is putting the lawn mower back together...hopefully I can get some mowing in tonight!

Have a super weekend...rain or shine!

Spring has Sprung!!

Yeah...it is officially *~SPRING!~*

I couldn't be more excited. I love Spring! Our garden is ready to be planted! Thanks to my awesome brother-n-law and his Kabota tractor. We appreciate you Rod! It is going to be a large garden with lots of good things planted and organic...Woo Hoo! Here are a few Spring pictures in my yard...

Happy Spring!!

No robins today. However, one of my many Cardinal friends decided to visit.

Forsythia bush

One of the peach trees in our growing orchard.

A Magnolia tree... (Japanese I think?)

Daffodils wake up.....it's Spring!